10th European Parliament | |
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16 July 2024 – TBD | |
President (1st Half) | Roberta Metsola (EPP, ML) |
Vice-Presidents | |
Commission | von der Leyen I von der Leyen II |
Political groups | |
MEPs | 720 |
Elections | June 2024 (Union) |
Treaty on European Union Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union[a 1] | |
Website | Official website |
The tenth European Parliament was elected during the 2024 elections and is slated to remain in session until the forthcoming 2029 elections.[1]
The table below lists the history of the composition of the groups during the Tenth European Parliament.[4][5][6]
Date | Group | Total | Vacant | Ref | ||||||||
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The Left | S&D | Greens/EFA | Renew | EPP | ECR | Patriots | ESN | NI | ||||
16 Jul 2024 (constitutive plenary session) |
46 | 136 | 53 | 77 | 188 | 78 | 84 | 25 | 32 | 719 | 1 | [7][8] |
23 Aug 2024 | 46 | 135 | 53 | 77 | 188 | 78 | 84 | 25 | 32 | 718 | 2 | [9] |
31 Jul 2024 | 46 | 135 | 53 | 77 | 188 | 78 | 83 | 25 | 32 | 717 | 3 | [10] |
1 Sep 2024 | 46 | 135 | 53 | 77 | 188 | 78 | 82 | 25 | 32 | 716 | 4 | [11] |
5 Sep 2024 | 46 | 136 | 53 | 77 | 188 | 78 | 82 | 25 | 32 | 717 | 3 | [12] |
22 Sep 2024 | 46 | 136 | 53 | 77 | 188 | 78 | 83 | 25 | 32 | 718 | 2 | [13] |
The President of the European Parliament, together with fourteen Vice Presidents and 5 Quaestors are chosen through the votes of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) serving a term lasting 2.5 years, with the option for re-election.[14]
President | EPP | Roberta Metsola | MLT | |
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Vice Presidents | EPP | Sabine Verheyen | GER | |
EPP | Ewa Kopacz | POL | ||
EPP | Esteban González Pons | SPA | ||
S&D | Katarina Barley | GER | ||
S&D | Pina Picierno | ITA | ||
S&D | Victor Negrescu | ROM | ||
RENEW | Martin Hojsík | SVK | ||
S&D | Christel Schaldemose | DEN | ||
S&D | Javi López | SPA | ||
RENEW | Sophie Wilmès | BEL | ||
G/EFA | Nicolae Ștefănuță | ROM | ||
ECR | Roberts Zīle | LAT | ||
ECR | Antonella Sberna | ITA | ||
THE LEFT | Younous Omarjee | FRA | ||
Quaestors | EPP | Andrey Kovatchev | BGR | |
S&D | Marc Angel | LUX | ||
EPP | Miriam Lexmann | SVK | ||
RENEW | Fabienne Keller | FRA | ||
ECR | Kosma Złotowski | POL |
Chairs
No chairpeople: PfE and ESN (due to cordon sanitaire)
No chair-people: Sweden, Estonia, Netherlands, Hungary, Slovakia, Luxembourg, Denmark, Croatia, Lithuania, Portugal, Austria, Latvia, Slovenia, Malta, Cyprus
Vice-Chairs
No vice-chairpeople: PfE and ESN (due to cordon sanitaire)
No vice-chairpeople: Slovenia, Malta, Cyprus, Finland
European Council proposed on 27 June 2024 Ursula von der Leyen as a candidate for a second term as President of the European Commission.[16] European Parliament's secret vote took place on 18 July 2024.[17]
Candidate | Members | Voting | Majority | In favor | Against | Blank | Void | |||
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Ursula von der Leyen | Germany | EPP | 719 | 707 | 360 | 401 | 284 | 15 | 7 | |
Source: European Parliament[17] |
President-elect of the Commission will propose to the European Parliament candidates for members of the Commission.[17]